“First, the meat should be 80/20 lean to fat ratio.
Which, incidentally, is the same stuff used to make the best MAID-RITES. I am a burger guy too, but will eat honest-to-God maid-rites and not feel remorse. “Sloppy joes” - ugh - are not the same thing as maid-rites.”
Had to Google Maid-Rite; being a Texan I’m not familiar with the brand. Appears their locations are concentrated in the upper Midwest? Anyway, when I want a store-bought burger I usually go to a local hole in the wall eatery named conveniently Mom’s believe it or not. About quick food franchise burgers; a few weeks back I was at Discount Tire having tires rotated and it was about lunch time. There’s a IHOP next door so decided to go have lunch while waiting. Guess I had their IHOB commercials on the brain si I ordered their burger. Have to say it was very good. And, side note, so we’re the fries. Anyway, feeling like Wimpy in Popeye cartoons. Showing my age, lol....
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I got a kick out of that, remembering the old saw about never eating at a place called "Mom's" or playing cards with a man named "Doc." A local nondescript bar/grill serves the best burgers in the area here too, and if you aren't from these parts, you'd have no idea it existed.
Yes, the Maid-Rite franchises are pretty much limited to the upper Midwest, and people from other parts of the country are often surprised to learn that the sandwiches there are not "sloppy joes." At one time, there seemed to be a policy in some of the franchise locations to not only not keep ketchup on the tables, but to avoid even saying the word.